With all of the critics carping on about women “delaying marriage” until their 40’s, it seems to me that something vital got lost in their consensus. Are single men lining up around the block like homeless mendicants at a matrimonial soup kitchen, just begging for a trip to the altar? Like Buddy Holly once said, […]

A study released in March 2011 revealed that younger mothers are significantly less happy than midlife moms. The results of a study spanning 86 countries, released by the University of Pennsylvania (see links below), also determined that the happiness of parents over 40 increased with additional children, while those under 30 became less so. Of […]

With the recent 6% increase in birthrate for women above the age of 40 in the USA being characterized as a mini baby boom, we’re staring at the impending prospect of the “extended family” withering on the ancestral vine. What this means is that one of the most significant liabilities of having your children after […]

My recent comments about social discrimination against “granny moms” have sparked an email debate about whether or not maternal ageism exists at all. Some midlife mothers find themselves to be the butt of ageist remarks and preconceptions, while others don’t. Why? Could the answer be only skin deep? Check this out: We live in a […]

When Hala Gorani, CNN anchor during my Mother’s Day interview, implied that our brave new maternal world—now teeming with first time mothers over 40—had outgrown ageism, I was taken aback. Not that I criticize her for it, but she was seeing the issue from her own perspective—that she had many mature mom friends. Surely, the […]

It was over champagne brunch late Mother’s Day morning that I received an unexpected call from the producer for Don Lemon and CNN weekend. (See links to this broadcast below.) Pottering around in my jammies with two exuberant children, lining up TV movies for the rest of the day, and rather enjoying lazing around, I […]

Happy Mother’s Day! I wrote this for all women who have walked the path to motherhood after 40. It comes with each A Mother’s Wish gift pendant. A MOTHER’S WISH I journeyed on my life path and gathered the wisdom I needed to arrive at a place of readiness to be a mother, regardless of […]

Watching re-runs of the TV series Medium, little did I realize I was tuning into my past life in a new way. Like diving through an unexpected wormhole, I was back in the early 70’s with The Rolling Stones, President Jimmy Carter, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wayward wife, Margaret. What does a […]